2018–2026
Senate bills, including 2026 “Ley Laura,” would restrict puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for minors. They have not been enacted.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsProposed bill
Proposed bill: Ley Laura (PL 211/2026 Senado) would ban puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries under 18. It is not yet law.
Senado — Sección de Leyes (PL 211/2026)
Schools — curriculumCSE in schools
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) in schools under Ley 1620 de 2013 (convivencia escolar / sexualidad).
Senado — Ley 1620 de 2013
Pending billsIntroduced, not law
Proposed bill: Ley Laura (PL 211/2026 Senado) would ban puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries under 18. It is not yet law.
Senado — Sección de Leyes (PL 211/2026)
Key dates2022–2026
2022–2026: Proposed bill: Ley Laura (PL 211/2026 Senado) would ban puberty blockers, hormones, and surgeries under 18. It is not yet law.
Senado — Sección de Leyes (PL 211/2026)
Official sources
Senate bill before Congress.
- Senado — construction of “Con los niños no te metas” for the defence of minors →
- Senado — agenda 27 Nov 2023 listing PL 183 de 2023 “¡Con los niños NO te metas!” →
- Senado Comisión VII — debate on gender-reassignment treatments in minors →
- Senado — informe de gestión trámite legislativo 2025 listing 001/25 “¡Con los niños no te metas!” →
- El Colombiano — Proyecto de Ley 211 de 2026 Senado “Ley Laura, Niños No Experimento” →
- Minsalud — Resolución 3280 de 2018 (Ruta Integral de Atención) →
- Corte Constitucional — Sentencia T-218 de 2022 →
- Función Pública — Ley 1620 de 2013 →
- Secretaría del Senado — Ley 1620 de 2013 →
Full official record
Senate bills, including “¡Con los niños no te metas!” and 2026 Proyecto de Ley 211 “Ley Laura,” would restrict puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for minors. They have not been enacted.
Official Senado records still list “¡Con los niños no te metas!” as a live bill covering puberty blockers, opposite-sex hormones, and surgery on minors. A later 2026 Senate filing, Proyecto de Ley 211 “Ley Laura, Niños No Experimento,” would also prohibit those interventions under 18. Those bills have not been enacted. Resolución 3280 de 2018 is a general health-route rule. It asks staff to ask about gender identity and to counsel adult trans women about estrogen and surgery. It does not set a pediatric puberty-blocker protocol. Constitutional Court T-218/2022 records one tutela case in which a pediatric endocrinologist started puberty blockade.
Schools detail
Ley 1620 de 2013, on the official Función Pública text, creates the Sistema Nacional de Convivencia Escolar and Formación para el Ejercicio de los Derechos Humanos, la Educación para la Sexualidad y la Prevención y Mitigación de la Violencia Escolar. Article 20 requires pedagogical sexuality-education projects, by age, covering human development, reproduction, sexual and reproductive health, contraception, cultural construction of sexuality, gender behaviours, and sexual diversity. That is official CSE.